StoryCorps
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StoryCorps 321: Marty and Me
Rick Bounds and Dorothy Biernack talk about how they met.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Everything is Changing" by Noi - https://soundcloud.com/noi"Lhasa" by Nic Bommarito--http://www.nicbommarito.com/music.html
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StoryCorps 320: Mom, Remembered
Rebecca Posamentierreflects on an interview she recorded with her mother, Carol Kirsch.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:"The Everlasting Itch For Things Remote " by Gillicuddy- http://gillicuddy.bandcamp.com/"Opening Credits" by Johnny Ripper- https://soundcloud.com/johnny_ripper
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StoryCorps 319: Walk in Love
Alexis Martinez tells her daughter, Lesley Etherly Martinez, about being a transgender woman.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Aspire" by Tape- http://boomkat.com/cds/19491-tape-rideau""Flax" by Fredrik- http://www.frdrk.org
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StoryCorps 318: The Legacy of Lillian Tinsley
Herman blake and his brother Sidney remember their childhood during the 1940s.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Mannenberg Revisited" by Abdullah Ibrahim- http://www.abdullahibrahim.com/
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StoryCorps 317: A Sense of Purpose
Jack Richmond tells his daughter, Reagan, about being an amputee.Also, Retired police officer Walter Fahey tells his son Bill about his long career.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate."Angelic Wolf" by Ears "Dance of the Phantom Peacock" by Fredrik "Greek Tragedy" by Plusplus
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StoryCorps 316: A Perfect Fit
John Curtis talks to his son John Wikeira, who he adopted as a baby from Vietnam.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:"Lhasa" by Nic Bommarito--http://www.nicbommarito.com/music.html"Bop Scotch" by Stereolab- http://www.stereolab.co.uk/news/
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StoryCorps 315: Born in the USA
Ruben Aguilar tells his friend Bill Luna about his family's deportation as part of the MExican Repatriation Program in 1933.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Thinking Of You" by Gillicuddy-- http://gillicuddy.bandcamp.com/"Lhasa" by Nic Bommarito--http://www.nicbommarito.com/music.html"A Girl Only Prettier" by Christopher...
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StoryCorps 314: Not Just a Tattoo
Dawn Maestas, who removes tattoos for survivors of domestic violence, talks to a client about her work.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Jupiter the Blue" by Gilicuddy - http://gillicuddy.bandcamp.com/"Vladimir's Blues" by Max Richter - http://www.maxrichtermusic.com/en/index.php
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StoryCorps 313: Tim's Place
Tim Harris, who has Down Syndrome, and his father, Keith, talk about starting their restaurant, Tim's Place.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: Manchmal by Cluster - http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,66486-1540036,00.html"Flax" by Fredrik- http://www.frdrk.org
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StoryCorps 312: Labor of Love
Colleen Collins and her husband, Shaun Kaufman, talk about becoming private investigators.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "1986" by Fredrik- http://www.frdrk.org"Ton Meilleur Ami" by Francoise Hardy- http://www.francoise-hardy.com/Discographie
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StoryCorps 311: Great Expectations
Linda Hernandez remembers growing up as one of the few Latinos in Lincoln, Nebraska.Also, Ramn "Chunky" Sanchez remembers how teachers changed the names of Mexican-American students during the 1950s.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: Manchmal by Cluster -...
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StoryCorps 310: What I'm Living For
Rowena Gore-Simmons speaks with her daughter, Kenya Gore, about the year Rowena spent in prison.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:"Black Fur" by Fredrik- http://www.frdrk.org/
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StoryCorps 309: The Biggest Blessing
Harriet Caplan talks to her husband, Louis, about how their relationship began.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Almost Perfect" by Christopher Brown - http://www.last.fm/music/Christopher+Bowen"Lhasa" by Nic Bommarito - http://www.nicbommarito.com/music.html"Jubilee" by Unwed Sailor - http://www.unwedsailor.net/
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StoryCorps 308: A Worthy Salute
Myra Brown speaks with her mother, Bonnie Mae Brown, who has an intellectual disability.Also, Judy and Randy Pilgrim remember their son and Iraq war veteran, Army Specialist Lance Pilgrim.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:"Flax" by Fredrik- http://www.frdrk.org/"Fljtavk" by Sigur Rs- http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/"Rolling Sea" by...
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StoryCorps 307: Becoming a Family
Bryan Wilmoth tells his younger brother, Michael, about being kicked out of the house because he is gay.Also, a radio documentary produced by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay about the 1969 Stonewall Riots.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:"Black Fur" by Fredrik- http://www.frdrk.org/"Ticking Away" by Cranston" -...
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StoryCorps 306: Tells His Name
Diane Tells His Name talks to her daughter Bonnie Buchanan about discovering she was adopted.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Snowfall" by Sam McLoughlin & Alison Cooper - http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_dim005.html"El Tranva" by Jenifer Avila- http://www.myspace.com/jeniferavila
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StoryCorps 305: It All Paid Off
Reginald Mason remembers growing up in Harlem with his mother during the 1970s.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:"Opening Credits" by Johnny Ripper- http://johnnyripper.bandcamp.com/"Mo' Better Blues" by Bill Lee/The Branford Marsalis Quartet Featuring Terrence Blanchard- http://www.branfordmarsalis.net/"Flax" by Fredrik-...
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StoryCorps 304: Angel On My Shoulder
Scott Wall and his wife, Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall, talk about their long-distance courtship that began on New Year's Eve.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Bop Scotch" by Stereolab-- http://www.stereolab.co.uk/news/"1986" by Fredrik - http://www.frdrk.org/
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StoryCorps 303: Rolling with Santa
Big-rig driver Boyd Applegate tells his sister, Rhonda Dixon, about being a real-beard Santa Claus.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Back to Wisconsin" by ?Nathan Honor? - http://cranston.bandcamp.com "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" by The Ventures - http://www.theventures.com/
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StoryCorps 302: I Will Be Your Memory
Penny Ingram and her husband, Jeff, talk about living with his rare form of amnesia.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:"Horizon Variations" by Max Richter-- http://www.maxrichtermusic.com/en/index.php"Narwahl" by Pram--http://www.mergerecords.com/artists/pram
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StoryCorps 301: Diamond in the Rough
Sarah Avant interviews her son Anand Hernandez.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Everything is Changing" by Noi - https://soundcloud.com/noi/noi-everything-is-changing"1986" by Fredrik - http://www.frdrk.org/"Thinking of You" by Gillicuddy - https://soundcloud.com/gillicuddy/thinking-of-you
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StoryCorps 300: Military Voices
Gordon Bolar tells StoryCorps founder Dave Isay about his son, Army Specialist Matthew Bolar, who was killed in Iraq in 2007.Also, Army National Guard Specialist Justin Cliburn tells his wife, Deanne, about Ali, the young Iraqi he befriended during his service in Iraq.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Ticking Away" by...
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StoryCorps 299: The Good Burden
Reverend Eric Williams tells his co-worker Jannette Berkley-Patton about his first experience with AIDS.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "Flax" by Fredrik - http://www.frdrk.org/
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StoryCorps 298: The Husbands
Best friends Denny Daniels and Larry Rolf, who were married to the same woman at different times, talk about how their unlikely friendship began.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: "My Luck" by Broke For Free - http://wwwbrokeforfree.com"Black Fur" by Fredrik - http://www.frdrk.org/
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StoryCorps 297: Legacy of War
Vietnam veteran Harvey Hilbert remembers one night from the war.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music:Snowing by Peter Rudenko- http://alonetone.com/authorVladimir's Blues by Max Richter- www.maxrichtermusic.com/en/index.php
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StoryCorps 296: Election Day
Big-rig driver Boyd Applegate tells his sister, Rhonda Dixon, about volunteering at the polls nearly every Election Day for 20 years.Also, Theresa Burroughs tells her daughter Toni Love about registering to vote.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 295: To Your Health
Marcela Gaviria speaks with Dr. Dempsey Springfield, who has been her surgeon for more than 30 years.Also, Dr. John Bancroft, a pediatrician, tells his daughter Carolyn about a memorable patient.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: She Just Likes to Flight by Four Tet from the album There is Love in You - http://www.fourtet.net/...
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StoryCorps 294: Hope Dies Last
Robert Griffo remembers how his life changed after the "Black Monday" stock market crash of 1987.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Milo by Fredrik from the album Trilogi - http://www.frdrk.org/, Dance of the Phantom Peacock by Fredrik from the album Origami - http://www.frdrk.org/, and Lhasa by Nic Bommarito from the album Harp...
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StoryCorps 293: Where the Giant Mushrooms Grow
Joel Healy tells his daughter, Kelli Healy Salazar, about participating in Operation Plumbbob, one of the largest nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. Military.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.Music: Milo by Fredrik from the Album Trilogi - http://www.frdrk.org/
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StoryCorps 292: Rolling Through Life
Special education teacher Ken Rensink tells his friend Laurel Hill-Ward how surviving a near-fatal car crash influenced his teaching.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 291: Carrying a Burden
Charlie Morris remembers his brother's death in 1939, with his cousin Sylvester Lewis.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 290: Homeless, Not Hopeless
Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 289: A Rescue Romance
Biologists Susan and Philip McClinton talk about the unlikely beginning of their romance.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 288: 10 Weeks with Grandma
Shelli Wright and her son, Graham Haggett, remember his grandmother Sandra Lee Wright, who was killed on September 11, 2001.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 287: Born To Do It
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Mark Edens tells his daughter, Jessie, about his career with the Michigan State Police. Next, Retired police officer Walter Fahey tells his son Bill about his long career.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 287: Born To Do It
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Mark Edens tells his daughter, Jessie, about his career with the Michigan State Police. Next, Retired police officer Walter Fahey tells his son Bill about his long career.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 286: My Proudest Moment
Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 285: Breaking the Cycle
Julie Sanders talks about being a member of of a white supremacist group as a teenager.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 284: More Good Than Evil
Surinder Singh and his son Rupinder talk about their lives as Sikhs in the U.S. and Canada. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 283: The Underdog
In this episode of the podcast, Frank Barela and Frank Maestas talk to their grandson C.J. Maestas about his gymnastics career.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 282: Didn't See This Coming
Edith Green tells her granddaughter, Chaya Richardson, about being a survivor of gun violence.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 281: Friends in Strange Places
Jake Bainter talks to "Boston" Bill Hansbury about their chance meeting on the day Jake got his leg amputated.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 280: The Squire
In this episode of the podcast, Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a century.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 279: Don't Lose Heart
In this episode of the podcast, Army National Guard Capt. Zachariah Fike speaks with Adeline Rockko about returning her brother's lost Purple Heart medal.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 278: Chasers
In this episode of the podcast, three stories about student mentors called "Chasers" who do whatever it takes to get their kids to class.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 277: A Suit That Fits
In this episode of the podcast we'll hear from David Wilson, a plaintiff in the 2004 court decision that legalized same sex marriage in Massachusetts. Here, he talks about the events in his life that led him to that moment.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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Where There's a Wil
In this episode of the podcast, Wil Smith tells his daughter, Olivia, about being a single dad in college.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 275: They Got Game
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Jos Rodriguez tells his former coach Charles Zelinsky how he got involved in the Special Olympics.Next, Leon Kogut talks with his son, Marat Kogut, an NBA referee.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 274: Mama Said
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Robert Holmes talks about his family being among the first to integrate a neighborhood in Edison, New Jersey.Next, Tyrese Graham remembers his first day as a teacher at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, IL.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 273: Day is Done
In this episode of the podcast, Harrison Wright tells his grandson, Sean Guess, about serving in the Army at the end of World War II.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 272: The Fellas
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Van Harris and his wife, Shirley, remember being young in Brooklyn during the 1940s.Next, Studs Terkel, the late oral historian, from a 2005 interview recorded when a StoryCorps MobileBooth visited his home. Studs would have turned 100 years old this week.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 271: Rollin' with the Best
This episode of the podcast features three stories.First, Theresa McLaughlin speaks about raising her son, Dennis, who was born with spina bifida, leaving him unable to use his legs.Second, Kate Musick taught Harle Patrick as a third grader at T.C. Walker Elementary school in Gloucester, Virginia. Harle is now a teenager, and the two came to StoryCorps to talk about how she made it through third grade.And then, 19-year-old Jose Catalan, who is studying to become a math teacher, sat down with...
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StoryCorps 270: Vaqueros in the Sky
In this episode of the podcast, Ricardo Isais Zavala remembers his grandfather, Vicente Domingo Villa, in an interview with his son, Ricardo Javier Zavala.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 269: Chance to be Kind
In this episode of the podcast, Marco Ferreira talks to his wife, Wendy Tucker, about surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2008.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 268: I Now Pronounce You Best Friends
In this episode of the podcast, Lisa Combest and her ex-husband, James Hanson-Brown, talk about how their marriage ended.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 267: 20 Years Later: Remembering the LA Riots
In this episode of the podcast, Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 266: A Texas Tragedy
In this episode of the podcast, Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 265: Leaving a Legacy
In this episode of the podcast, Frank Lilley interviews his stepfather, David Plant, about approaching the end of his life.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 264: Have Love, Will Travel
This episode of the podcast features two stories about finding love later in life.First, Winslow Jackson and his wife, Dorothy, who both are living with multiple sclerosis, remember how they met.And then, Hilda Chacn and her husband, Pedro Morn-Palma, remember when they first met twenty years ago.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 263: A House Filled with Love
In this episode of the podcast, Phil Donney talks with his aunt Abby Liebman about raising Phil and his sister, Laura, after their mother was murdered.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 262: Origin Stories From Teachers
This episode of the podcast features two stories from StoryCorps' National Teachers Initiative.First, 16-year-old Jamie Marks interviews her former kindergarten teacher Ron Cushman about choosing his career after being wounded in Vietnam.Then, Ayodeji Ogunniyi talks about how the murder of his father led him to a new career. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 261: When Mom Became a Man
Scott and Les GrantSmith, married 25 years, talk about how Les' decision to transition from female to male affected their marriage. Les also interviewed his daughters, Thea and Amanda.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 260: The Fight of Their Lives
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Jennifer Coursey speaks with her 12-year-old son, Grant, who was diagnosed with cancer as a toddler.And next, Dottie Copeland tells her daughter Tina Nelson about being diagnosed with breast cancer.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 259: Super Cuts
In this episode of the podcast, Anthony Bravo Esparza, who calls himself "Dreamer," tells his friend and fellow veteran Paul Crowley about giving free haircuts in a VA Hospital parking lot.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 258: Stumbling into Love
In this episode of the podcast, Henry Flores and his wife, Gwendolyn Diaz, talk about the first time they met.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 257: The Set-Up
In this episode of the podcast, Steven Ketcham and his wife Alexandra, remember being set up by their parents.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 256: A 40-year Courtship
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Antero Garcia talks to his former student Roger Alvarez who dropped out during his senior year of high school.And next, Peter Headen and his wife, Jacqueline, tell the story of their 40-year courtship.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 255: A Million Times Yes
In this episode of the podcast, Dennis Apple and his wife, Beulah, remember their son Denny, who died when he was a teenager.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 254: Raising Her Voice
In this episode of the podcast, Ren Foreman, who survived cancer of the esophagus, tells her daughter Michelle about speaking through an electrolarynx.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 253: Who I'm Supposed To Be
In this episode of the podcast, Nathan Hoskins tells his friend Sally Evans how his family first learned that he was gay.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 252: The Right Man
This episode of the podcast features two stories.First, Iraq War veteran Richard Bennett talks with Craig Williams about how they became unlikely business partners.And next, Gus Hernandez talks about how he met Siddiqi Hansoti, owner of the El Dorado Motel in Salinas, CA, after losing his house to foreclosure.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 251: Angel on my Shoulder
In this episode of the podcast, Scott Wall and his wife, Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall, talk about their long-distance courtship that began on New Year's Eve.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 250: Bowl of Sugar
In this episode of the podcast, Penelope Simmons remembers her mother, Cora Lee "Sug" Collins, in an interview with her daughter Suzanne Wayne.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 249: The Bullet You Didn't See Coming
In this episode of the podcast, Queen Jackson tells her case manager, Debra MacKillop, how she became homeless.Also, a listener's response to our recent broadcast of Jim and MaryAnn Fletcher's love story. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 248: First Grade, First Love
For Jim Fletcher and his wife, Mary Ann, it was love at first sight — it didn't matter much that they were in first grade.Also, some sad news about a former participant, Frank Curre.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 246: Come One, Come All
In this episode of the podcast, Scott Macaulay talks about his 25-year-old tradition of preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for people with nowhere to go for the Holidays. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 247: You and Me and the Moon
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 245: The Son You Wanted
In this episode of the podcast, Sarah Littman interviews her son, Joshua, who has Asperger's syndrome, about his first semester at college.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 244: Tattooed on Your Soul
In this episode of the podcast, 88-year-old Frank Curre remembers serving on the U.S.S. Tennessee during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 243: Re: runners
In this episode of the podcast, Gweneviere Mann talks to her boyfriend, Yasir Salem, about living without a short-term memory. Her condition results from a stroke she suffered during an operation to remove a brain tumor.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 242: Like A Rock
In this episode of the podcast, two stories.First, Gloria Del Bianco and her nephew, Lou, remember her father, Luigi Del Bianco, one of the chief stone carvers of Mt. Rushmore.Second, 90 year-old Sid Radner talks about the annual Halloween sance he held to try to contact Harry Houdini.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 241: Tiger Talk
In this episode of the podcast, A.P. Tureaud Jr. tells his friend Steven Walkley about becoming the first African-American undergraduate at Louisiana State University in 1953.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 240: Women of a Certain Age
In this episode of the podcast, you'll hear two stories of finding love later in life.??First, John Klein remembers meeting the love of his life, Mary Ann Allen, with her daughter Bernice Flournoy.Our second story is Barbara Dundon tells her husband, Jack, how her mother, Dorothy Lang, found love in an assisted living home.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 239: The Grace of God
Mary Morris remembers her husband, Thomas, one of two Washington D.C. postal workers who died from exposure to anthrax in October, 2001.
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StoryCorps Podcast 238: Mudville and Medford
In this episode of the podcast, you'll hear two stories.First, Harvey Sherman remembers October 3, 1951, when the Brooklyn Dodgers lost the pennant on a home run known as the "shot heard 'round the world."Our second story is the initial broadcast of StoryCorps' National Teachers Initiative. Here, neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years.To hear more stories visithttp://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to...
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StoryCorps 237: Get on the Good Foot
This week, Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown almost fifty years ago at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 236: Forgetting Tyrone, Remembering Mychal
This week, 72-year-old Ellaraino tells her friend Baki AnNur about meeting her great-grandmother for the first time.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 235: The Other Side of Death
This week, Retired Policeman Bill Cosgrove and Father Michael Duffy remember Father Mychal Judge, a Chaplain for the New York City Fire Department, who died in the September 11 attacks.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 234: Where the Buffalo Roam
This week, Robert Stover tells his daughter Valerie Anderson about growing up in the 1930's.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 233: Page Turners
In this week's podcast two stories about falling in love with books.First, a tale of literary inspiration.Judge Olly Neal grew up in Marianna, Arkansas and was a senior in high school during the 1950s. Here he tells his daughter, Karama, how he discovered African American author Frank Yerby while cutting class and hiding out in the school library.In our second story, Sharon Holley, a retired librarian, tells her husband, Kenneth, about preparing for her career at an early age. Holley...
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StoryCorps 232: Star Man
This week, Frank Kovac talks about building the world's largest handmade globe planetarium in his backyard. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 231: FIlling in the Blanks
In this episode of the podcast, George Robinson tells his daughter, Katie, about meeting his biological father for the first time, after a 40-year search.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 230: Almost a Jailbird Singer
This week, Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in Brooklyn, NY, during the 1950s.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 229: Mr. Catskills
In this episode of the podcast, Mort Segal and his sister, Joan Feldman, remember their father, Jack Segal, a booking agent for novelty acts in the Catskills.
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StoryCorps 228: Spicy Stories
First, Miriam Kerpen tells her daughter, Lisa Shufro, about what she found hidden inside her great-uncle's dictionary...The second story is from two friends. May Herlands and Sheila Lepelstat met over 60 years ago at summer camp, and here they share stories of their adventures through the years. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 227: The Depth of Memory
This week, 75-year-old Julian Walker tells his daughter, Julia Walker Jewell, about an accident his father had as a young boy.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 225: Red Thread
In this episode of the podcast, Aimee Gerold speaks with her father, Bob, about her adoption from China.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 224: Taking Pride
For Pride Month, this podcast features Michael Levine, who witnessed the Stonewall riots on June 27th, 1969. Here, he speaks with his friend Matthew Merlin.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 222: Understanding Dad
To celebrate Father's Day, we have two stories about dads. First, we'll hear author Walter Dean Myers talk about his father in an interview with his son Christopher Myers.Then, Bryan Echols and his father, Lindberg, talk about how their relationship has changed over time.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 222: Hoop Dreams
This week two basketball stories. The first comes from New York, where Leon Kogut talks with his son, Marat Kogut, an NBA referee.Next, former NBA player Kenny Sailors remembers pioneering the jump shot.To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 221: In Love and War
In this episode of the podcast, 92-year-old Martin Levin tells his granddaughters about a college classmate he didn't like. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 220: The Army Widower
In observance of Memorial Day, we'll hear Retired Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz remember his wife, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz, who died in Iraq while disarming an IED. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 219: Beyond Belief
This week, a story ?of forgiveness. Mary Johnson's son, Laramiun, was shot and killed by Oshea Israel in 1993. In this episode, we hear a conversation between Mary and Oshea. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 218: Message in a Bottle
Have you ever sent an email to the wrong person by accident? In this episode, we hear how Rachel Salazar and her husband Ruben met by chance. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 217: A Mother's Day to Remember
In celebration of Mother's Day, a story of an influential mother. William Anthony Cobb brought his mother, Mary, to StoryCorps to tell her about the influence she had on him. William Anthony also talks with his sister, Valerie Foster, about their mother. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 216: The Kissing Case
This week, a story from an often overlooked event in Civil Rights history. In 1958, James Hanover Thompson was arrested for allegedly kissing a girl who was white. Here, James and his siblings Dwight and Brenda remember their involvement in the now-infamous "Kissing Case."
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StoryCorps 215: Another Kind of Father
In this episode of the podcast, Steven Wells tells his daughter, Jennifer, how it felt to become a dad. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 214: Nice Shoes
This week in the podcast, 19-year-old Noe Rueda talks to his high school economics teacher, Alex Fernandez, about growing up in a poor Chicago neighborhood. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 214: Nice Shoes
This week in the podcast, 19-year-old Noe Rueda talks to his high school economics teacher, Alex Fernandez, about growing up in a poor Chicago neighborhood. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 213: Man of Steel
In this episode of the podcast, George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ, which once played host to John A. Roebling's Sons Steel and Wire Mills. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 212: Triple Play
This week, three stories from baseball fans. First, 94-year-old Sister Vincent Cecire remembers falling in love with baseball. Next, Robert Panara: a man who's happiest from April through October--even though he hasn't heard the crack of a bat since he was a little boy. In the third story, Anthony D'Andrea remembers growing up near the old Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, and trying to meet as many big leaguers as possible. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like...
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StoryCorps 211: I Feel So Broke Up, I Want to Go Home
This week, two stories about mental health. The first comes from Jon Brock, as he tells his daughter Glenny about being committed to Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest psychiatric facility, in 1965. Next, you'll hear from Ralph Tremonte and Donald Weiss, who spent their childhoods together in a psychiatric hospital and reunited after 40 years. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a...
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StoryCorps 210: Too Smart For Their Own Good
This episode of the podcast features two stories of kids being too smart for their own good. First, you'll hear Lee Mottern tell his girlfriend, Linda Eldredge, a story about his Uncle Abe. Next, Judge Berryl Anderson and her mother, Virginia, remember what Berryl was like as a child. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 209: 58th Time's the Charm
This week, Kelly Krieg-Sigman and her husband, Michael, remember when they first met. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 208: A Second Round of Pepper
In this episode of the podcast, Pepper and Ron Miller talk about what led them to divorce. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 207: Fight For the Right
This week, Dee Dickson remembers trying to get a job as a shipyard electrician in the 1970s. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 206: From Iraq With Love
In anticipation of Valentine's Day, we bring you an unlikely love story: Majid Al-Bahadli and his wife, Diana Klatte, remember how they first met. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 205: This Is How We Tried to Survive
In this episode of the podcast, you'll hear 94-year-old Mary Van Beke tell her son, Charles, about growing up in the 1920s. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 204: His Own Starship Enterprise
25 years ago on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift off. Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts aboard the shuttle. Here, his older brother, Carl McNair, remembers him. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 203: A Napoleon in Boxer Shorts
Laura Greenberg came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Rebecca, to look back on her life. Here, Laura tells her daughter about life in Queens during the 1950s. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 202: From Jonestown To Tuscon
This week's podcast features Erin Ryan remembering her father, Congressman Leo Ryan, who was assassinated in 1978. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 201: It Got Better
In this episode of the podcast, 55-year-old Rob Littlefield remembers being bullied in junior high school for being gay. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 200: George On My Mind
In our 200th podcast we'll hear Jose "Pepe" Noriega , one of over 14,000 Cuban children who came to the US as part of Operation Pedro Pan. Pepe speaks with Lynn Guarch Pardo about the role her father, Jorge "George" Guarch, played in the arrival of nearly all of the Pedro Pan kids to the US. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 199: This One's For Joe, Redux
A Christmas tale from the Second World War -- Marie DeSantis remembers how her family reacted to the news that her brother was missing in action. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 198: Hello, Operator
Jim Crane wasn't too popular with the ladies in high school. Lucky for Jim, college was in his future and he enrolled as a freshman in 1955. Here, he tells his daughter Missy Worden what he liked best about higher education. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 197: Running Off the Rails
This week, two stories about childhood escapades gone wrong. First, Bud Norton tells his nephew Tim Locher about his adventures in Kansas. Next you'll hear David Andrews remember a time when his courage was put to the test. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 196: How to Survive an Epidemic
In recognition of World AIDS Day, we have two stories from the early days of the AIDS epidemic. First, Chris Whitney remembers his partner who died from AIDS. Then you'll hear Stefan Lynch Strassfeld talk about growing up with gay parents as the disease began to spread. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 195: Oh Yoko!
To celebrate our National Day of Listening, we recorded an interview between Se?n Lennon and his mom, Yoko Ono. Here, Se?n had a chance to ask his mom about her life. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 194: Come One, Come All
Scott Macaulay talks about his 25-year-old tradition of preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for people with nowhere to go for the Holidays. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 193: A Grave Occupation
In honor of Veterans Day, we have two stories from men who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, performing jobs that are not often talked about. First you'll hear from Jerald Collman, who was in Graves Registration as a collection point officer. Here, he remembers receiving the bodies of fallen soldiers. In our next story, Gary Redlinski and his friend Glen Fruendt remember working in Graves Registration at an Army mortuary near Saigon. To hear more stories visit...
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StoryCorps 192: Always On My Mind
Two stories from families living with mental illness. The first comes from Showaye Selassie. Here, she tells her friend Susan Greenfield about an early memory of her mother. It was Showaye's fifth birthday. Next, you'll hear George Caywood with his daughter Gina, remembering his struggle with depression. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 191: Halloween: A Hoax and a Joke
In this week's podcast, we'll hear two stories from one storyteller. First a tale of the end of the world. In 1938 Orson Welles broadcast his landmark radio show "War of the Worlds". Here, Judge Joe Pigott remembers a family story about the reaction his step-grandfather, affectionately known as 'The Doctor', had to the famous radio broadcast. In our second story, Judge Pigott tells his wife, Lorraine, about Willie "Pip" Dow, one of the more memorable characters that passed through his...
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StoryCorps 190: Tough Love
This week, a conversation between a father and son. Lindberg Echols, now 80 years old, maintained a strict household while raising his seven kids. Here, his youngest son, Bryan, reflects on his father's tough love. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 189: A Suit That Fits
In this episode of the podcast we'll hear from David Wilson, a plaintiff in the 2004 court decision that legalized same sex marriage in Massachusetts. Here, he talks about the events in his life that led him to that moment. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 188: Tell it to the Judge
This week, the judges are in session. First you'll hear from Judge John Kane, who came to StoryCorps with his daughter Sally to talk about how his interest in law began. Then, Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter, Karama, how he discovered African American author Frank Yerby while cutting class in high school. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 187: The Next Chapter
In this episode of the podcast we have two stories of love and loss. The first comes from Patricia Bates, who came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Kay Lewis, to talk about the two loves of her life. In our next story, you'll hear Nora Percival remembering her late husband, Herman, and how her life continued after his death. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 186: Telling All
Today on the podcast -- a story relating to the recent Senate debate around gay men and women serving in the military. Kendall Bailey became a U.S. Marine in 2001, but when one of his fellow officers discovered he was gay five years later, he was discharged from the military. Here Kendall talks to his friend Don Davis about his dismissal under the policy of "Don't Ask Don't Tell." To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at...
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StoryCorps 185: Head of the Class
This week, two stories from the classroom. The first comes from Atlanta, GA where Judge Berryl Anderson and her mother, Virginia, came to StoryCorps to remember what Berryl was like as a child. Our second story was recorded in Nashville, TN. Here, Dr. Jim Fleming tells his daughter, Janetta, about how the Great Ice Storm of 1951, helped him become an expert in biology. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at...
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StoryCorps 184: On the Pile
In remembrance of the September 11 attacks of 2001, you'll hear two stories from recovery workers at Ground Zero. First --Jack Murray, a welder by trade. He went to Ground Zero the night of the attacks to cut steel beams so rescue workers could reach survivors. Then John Romanovich remembers his first day at Ground Zero when he worked for the Department of Design and Construction, the city agency in charge of the clean-up. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd...
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StoryCorps 183: Men At Work
In honor of Labor Day, we bring you four different stories about making a living. We hear from cruise-ship-dance-host Richard Craig; New York City sanitation workers Angelo Bruno and Eddie Nieves; exterminator Andy Linares; and retired bounty hunter Rick Kincaid. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 182: Matters of the Heart
This week we hear from a man dealing with the early stages of memory loss. Robert Patterson was an aerospace engineer for over 30 years. In 2008, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Here, Robert talks to his wife, Karen, about his life since then. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 181: Under One Roof
Today stories about the immigrant experience. First a short story from a family that traces their roots to Italy. In the second, Theresa Nguyen talks to her daughter, Stephanie, about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with living in the United States. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 180: When No One Else Could
This week in the podcast, Carlos Mosqueda and his daughter, Cindy, talk about Carlos' father, Bartolo Mosqueda, and the work he did as a traditional healer. We'll also hear some of the letters you sent in response to our previous podcast that featured Kioni "Popcorn" Marshall and her dad, Minister Beau Harris. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 179: Kernels of Truth
In this week's podcast we'll hear two stories. The first comes from Minister Beau Harris as he talks to his daughter Kioni "Popcorn" Marshall about the changes their family has seen over the years. In our second story, MJ Seide talks to her granddaughter Genna Alperin about falling in love with her partner, Genna's biological grandmother. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation...
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StoryCorps 178: With Parents Like You
In this week's podcast, a conversation from veteran NPR reporter Daniel Schorr who died last Friday, July 23rd. Plus, Tom Davis talks with his parents, Connie and Robert, about a surfing accident when he was 21 years old that left him paralyzed from the neck down. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 178: With Parents Like You
In this week's podcast, a conversation from veteran NPR reporter Daniel Schorr who died last Friday, July 23rd. Plus, Tom Davis talks with his parents, Connie and Robert, about a surfing accident when he was 21 years old that left him paralyzed from the neck down. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 177: The Reno Cure
In this week's podcast, Robbie McBride and her sister Beth Ward talk about life on their family-owned divorce ranch in Reno, Nevada. To learn more about the ranch and the 1931 law that made Reno the divorce capital of the country, see our slideshow at storycorps.org. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 176: Exorcising the Brooklyn Dodgers
In this week's podcast, stories about the Dodgers. The first is from Harvey Sherman, who remembers watching the Dodgers' final game at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field in 1957. The last two stories come from former residents of Chavez Ravine, a small, vibrant Mexican-American community in Los Angeles. In the late 1950s, construction on the new Dodgers Stadium began...right in the heart of Chavez Ravine. Carol Jacques tells us about growing up there and friends' Alfred Zepeda and Albert Elias talk...
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StoryCorps 175: Right Hand Man
In this episode of the podcast we'll hear from the Jones family. Eric was one of the first 10 people in the U.S. to be fitted with a bionic hand. Here, he speaks with his kids. We'll also hear some of the letters you sent in response to the passing of StoryCorps facilitator, Lillie Love. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 174: The Voice of Love
This week in the podcast we remember one of our own, StoryCorps facilitator Lillie Love. Lillie was a beloved part of our staff in our Atlanta booth. She died on June 25th, 2010. In this excerpt from an interview recorded in 2009, Lillie talks to her friend and fellow facilitator Anthony Knight about how her life has been different from what she'd imagined. To view our tribute page for Lillie visit http://storycorps.org/lillie-love. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If...
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StoryCorps 173: Before and After Stonewall
This week in the podcast we begin with a conversation between StoryCorps Senior Producer Michael Garofalo and facilitator Jeremy Helton. Then we bring you two stories to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City. The first comes from Michael Levine, who remembers that night in the summer of 1969. Our second story comes from Tony Perri. He talked to his grandson, Jeffrey, about his decision to come out as a gay man to his family. To hear more stories visit...
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StoryCorps 172: Who's Your Daddy
For Father's Day we have two stories about dads. The first comes from Reno, Nevada where Elton Colbert interviews his dad, Jim, about being a single parent and raising three boys. Next, we'll hear from Lynn Weaver as he tells his daughter, Kimberley, about his father and the influence he had on his life. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 171: Something You Don't Know
This week in the podcast, a conversation between a mother and her son. Scott Miller talks to his mother, Jackie, about her decision to adopt him. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 170: The New Stage IV
In this episode of the podcast, we'll hear two interviews from the DeLevie family. The first comes from Joan DeLevie and her daughter Sharon. Joan tells her daughter how she met her husband Ari, almost 50 years ago. In 2008, Joan was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. In our next conversation, Sharon asks her father, Ari, how he coped with Joan's diagnosis. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at...
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StoryCorps 169: Love Times Two
In this podcast, two stories from New York. First, Dot and Kim Campi talk about blending their families when Dot married Kim's father in the early 1960s. In the second story, Elliot Reiken remembers how he and his identical twin brother, Danny, met and married another set of identical twins, Hunny and Bunny Feller. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 168: Going Mobile
In this week's podcast, we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the launch of StoryCorps' national mobile tour. We'll hear three stories recorded in Washington D.C. on the opening day of the mobile tour back in 2005. The first story comes from two South Buffalo natives--the late journalist, Tim Russert, and his friend James T. Malloy, a second generation firefighter, and a former doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Next, we'll hear Virginia Ali tell her sons sons, Nizam and Kahmal,...
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StoryCorps 167: Two Canoes
In this podcast, a love story born in the Caribbean. Sy Saliba talks to his daughter, Yvette, about her mother, Pat, who passed away from multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in 2005. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 166: How Dorothy Got Her Groove Back and...
In honor of Mother's Day, we bring you two stories about moms. The first comes from Barbara Dundon, who tells her husband, Jack, how her mother, Dorothy Lang, found love in an assisted living home. In our second story, 12-year-old Joshua Littman, who has Asperger's syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah. And you can watch an animated short featuring the Littmans at http://storycorps.org/animation. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to...
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StoryCorps 165: Remembering Samuel Hammond Jr.
In this podcast, two sisters remember their older brother who was killed. Zenobbie Clark and her sister, Diana Carter, talk about their brother, Samuel "Bubba" Hammond Jr. He was shot in the back during the Orangeburg Massacre of 1968. To learn more about the Orangeburg Massacre, see our slideshow at storycorps.org. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 164: Dymond is the Rock
In this episode of the podcast we'll hear a family tale of strength and love. Tami Hayes and her daughter, Dymond, came to StoryCorps in St Peters, MO as part of a study by the Siteman Cancer Center at the University of Washington on families living with cancer. Here, Tami talks to her daughter, Dymond, about battling breast cancer as a single parent. At the time of Tami's diagnosis, Dymond was 13 years old. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to...
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StoryCorps 163: Speak, Memory
Today on the podcast, three stories about love from our Memory Loss Initiative, which records the stories of people living with Alzheimer's. First, Audrey Newman talks with her mother, Florence, who has Alzheimer's, about how she met her father, Joe. In the second story, we hear from the Gottliebs. Marsha and Seymour Gottlieb have known each other for over 60 years. Seymour has Alzheimer's but both he and Marsha remember well how they first met. Last, we have a story from Little Rock,...
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StoryCorps 162: Loved & Lost
Two stories this week. First, a love story from Tomas Kubrican and his wife, Carol Mittlesteadt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Second, something a bit more somber. After the explosion at Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia this week, our thoughts have been with the families of the miners that died. In memorium, we've got a story from Gene Kendzior, who lost his father in a coal mining accident in 1967. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to...
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StoryCorps 161: The Champ
This week, a story born in an East L.A. boxing gym. 17-year-old Seniesa Estrada is an amateur boxing champion, about to turn pro. Her father, Joe, is a former gang member who gave up that life to become Seniesa's coach. In the podcast, Seniesa talks to Joe about how she first started boxing at the age of 8. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 160: Discovering Gold
65 years ago this month, five Latino families filed a lawsuit that won Mexican-American children the right to attend white schools. The case, known as Mendez v. Westminster, helped set the stage for another landmark case: Brown v. Board of Education. In this episode, we hear from two members of the Mendez family—sisters Sylvia and Sandra. Sylvia was 8-years-old when her parents went to court on her behalf. Here she tells Sandra, who was born after the case was closed, about the trial. To...
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StoryCorps 159: My Way
This week we have two Historias pieces, both about ingenuity. First we'll hear from Graciela Kavulla. She came to StoryCorps in Houston to remember her grandmother—a midwife. Our second story comes from Massachusetts. Claritza Abreu moved to the United States from the Dominican Republic over 20 years ago. Here, she tells her friend Gerardo Villacres about one of her first jobs in the U.S. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can...
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StoryCorps 158: Million Dollar Man
In this episode of the podcast we'll hear a story of giving. Rob Sanchez and Felix Aponte first met each other after being released from Sing Sing Penitentiary and struck up a friendship. When Rob was diagnosed with an aggressive form of kidney disease, Felix offered to be a donor. Here the two men remember that time. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit...
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StoryCorps 157: Family Men
Last week we heard what Colbert Williams was like as a father. This week we hear about the man that helped raise him, Ralph Catania, his fifth grade math teacher. They interviewed each in Ann Arbor Michigan. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 156: Just the Two of Us.
In this week's podcast, two conversations between single fathers and their sons. Our first story comes from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Colbert Williams was 16 when he became a father. Here, he talks with his 15-year old son, Nathan, about raising a child as a young, single parent. In our next story, Brian Miller talks to his son, Johnathan Emerson, about adopting him as a single dad nearly ten years ago. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to...
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StoryCorps 155: Power to the Pedros
This week, we'll hear two stories from our Historias initiative, recording and celebrating the lives of Latinos. The first comes from Miami, where Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer has been practicing medicine for over twenty-five years. Here, he tells his wife, Janus, about how he started working with Miami's homeless. In our next story we'll hear a remembrance of the Nuyorican poet, Pedro Pietri, who died of cancer six years ago. His friend, Jes?s "Papoleto" Melendez, came to StoryCorps to talk about...
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StoryCorps 154: Love Is What This Is About
Valentine's Day is this weekend so in this episode we bring you two stories about love. The first comes from Norfolk, Virginia. There, MJ Seide sat down with her 12-year-old granddaughter Genna Alperin to talk about falling in love with her partner, Genna's biological grandmother. In our second story, Don Boniface and his life partner, Ted Kuhar, remember how their relationship began. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do...
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StoryCorps 153: The Can-Do Troop
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. In this week's podcast, we'll hear from 54-year-old Boy Scout Derek Connell and his Scoutmasters, Richard and Claudia Coleman. Connell is an Eagle Scout in Troop 409, a troop for Scouts with special needs. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 152: Remembering Salinger
This week, Jerome David Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye", passed away at the age of 91. Here Jim Krawczyk, a fan of the reclusive author, remembers a trip he took from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the author's home in New Hampshire. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 151: A Long Goodbye
In this week's podcast, a family's relationship with Alzheimer's. Gwen Richards came to StoryCorps to talk about her family's struggle with Alzheimer's. Here, Richards' remembers her mother, Helen, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her sixties. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write to participants, you can do so at podcast@storycorps.org. To make a donation visit http://www.storycorps.org/donate.
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StoryCorps 150: All About My Father
In this week's podcast, we'll hear three stories about fathers. In our first story, Catherine Dwyer remembers her father, Harry Herz, in Newport Rhode Island. Next, a story from Norfolk, Virginia. Lisa Ray's father, Lenoir Ray, passed away when she was six and half years old. Here she recalls one of the few memories of her father that she has. Our final story comes from Butte, Montanta as David Shea remembers taking care of his father, Denny Shea. To hear more stories visit...
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StoryCorps 143: Sweet Talk
Today is Thanksgiving and we're going to start off this episode with a story from Historias, our initiative to collect Latino stories. Jose Fernandez came to the United States from Cuba in the 1960s. Here he tells his wife about about the first Thanksgiving he spent in the United States. The second story is also about sharing a meal but not with your family. It comes from Julio Diaz, a social worker in the Bronx. To hear more stories visit http://storycorps.org/listen. If you'd like to write...
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